Buggy-shaft support.



B. M. PERDUB.

BUGGY SHAFT SUPPORT.

APPLIOATIOH mm 3.24. 1912.

Patented Jan.14.,1913.

ATTORFMW resident oiilili anklin, v in the countylo son and .State of Kentucky,v have Simpinvented which efollowing isaspecificat on, p M invention is an improved attachment for uggiesfor supporting their-shafts or thillsl zmfraised' fos tion when thetvehicle f 'notj'in use. i he' attachmentineludes a spring-actuated hook :which is pivoted to an arm or bracket fixed on the buggy front,

. ngaged-with thecros baroi the shafts and ,fforf automatic release therefrom when' t 'desiredto' lowerthe shafts; 1

In theaccompanying drawing I illustrate .the construction, arrangement, and operationloftheinyention, Figure l being a s de ie w illustrating: the application of my inention toa'bu gy and supporting its shafts. iF s-'-'2 ;i8j v 'r "the' 'osition of non-use; Fig, Bis a side 25' adapted for vertical adjustment on thefront 150f a buggy. .50?

ide view of another modification.

31' will firstpdescrib'e the form of my in-. ention' illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. A 7-:ri ht-angular arm or bracket i is rigidly .iat aehed to the under front portion the buggy body and projects u ward vertically between the dasher and t e front spring and a hook 2 is pivoted to the upper end 0 saidbracket and adapted to swing ver-' 0 ticall so' as to engage. the cross-bar or wh etree-bar, 8, of the shafts or thilfs 4,-

and thus hold-the latter in the raised position shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1. "A'- spring is connected with the short rear 45 arm-of the hook 2 for the purpose of automatically releasing the latter from the crossbar'wh'en it is desired to lower the shaft or; thill 4. The form of'spring employed .ks a spiral, which is coiled about the vertical; member'of the bracket, its upper end downward hook 7-see" Fi'g ency of the spring to expand downward exmuses-slim stirrer-r.

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aw-Jo :a's'pring catch forming part of the tta'chmenh'gi. F1 .A is a side view, of a modifications; Fig. 5"isa view of a-bracket Fig.;6 is a view of anothermodificationof the bracket. Figli'i' is a'- being'Eattached"theretoby'a in 6. The

A 8"'%with:theEshortQarmf'Of. "'theh k 2. It will be seen that the tend f hasn't or 'mama, i

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afesn'stiiit' tiili oiithe tasks, tending -to .raise it, tothepxosition indicated in Fig.

2.;1-,When the hoo 2 is engaged with the cross-bar 3, it is held in such engagement by' the forward. pressure on the shafts or thills -;due. tov their {.weight; but: when the shafts ;.ar e pushed backward slightly, the

hookis automatically.disenga ed from the cross-bar and thrown upward y the action of the spring.-

'-,In}the modification shownin 4, a braoket..1{ is attached toa buggyrb y and the hook 2 'pivoted; thereto is curved upward"and thus adapted to engage a shaft below 'instead of above, as in"th'e form..illustrated. in Figs. 1 and 2. ed in this'case to the vertical ower end ein' secure member of the brac et 1! and its u per free end'pressmg against the bevele end of theho'ok 2', thus tending-to throw it down- ,ward to-the position shown ba' dotted lines ,WhlChl-OtlOD. is assisted by f the hook.

e gravity 0 It will be seen thatflwlienthe hook is engagedwith-the shaft-icross-bar, the pressure of the latterlwill retainthe engagement nor mallygiibutv when the shafts are lifted or pressedupward' slightly the tension of the spring will throwthe hook down out of engagement automatically.

, the arrangement illustrated in Figs. 1 and; 2, the bracket 1" extends forward and pro ects upward 41!]. rear of the elliptic spring commonly used for supporting bu gy-bodies.v

n the modification shown in Fig. 5, a vertical bar 1" is adapted to slide in the front end of a horizontal bar 1 which, in practice, is secured to a buggy-body, and

, the said bar 1'" may be clam ed in any vertical adjustment by means 0 a thumb-screw. A hook s, in practice, to be pivoted to the up or end'of bar 1" n Fig. 6, thesame adjustment of a vertical bar 1" is provided for, but the hooksha ed bracket 1 isadapted to-be secured to t e front spring of a buggy instead of its body. In brief, it is to-be understood that 1 I propose to attach. the bracket supporting the hook and spring attachment in any manner which convenience or judgment may dictate.

In F1 7, the spiral ringfi" is shown surroun mg the 'vertic bracket and its lower end secured to a pin passing through the bracket, while the upper end is connected with the shortarm of a hook 2",

WhKtbI claimhisf:-

1. uggy-s a t support, com risin a rigid bracket attached to the under side find front end of a buggy bottom, and projecting upward between the dasher and the front spring), a hook pivoted to the upper end of the racket, and a spring arranged to bear upon the rear arm of the hook and tending to throw the hook out of engagement with the shaft cross-bar as shown and descrgikegi l f 2. u gy sia t support, comprising a bracket a apted for fixed attachment to a buggy-body, a hook pivoted thereto and adapted to swing forward, and a spring at tachment for automatically releasing the book from a shaft cross-bar, prising a spiral expansion spring applied to the bracket, and a device connecting the the same eomlower end of the spring with the short real arm of the hook, substantiall as described.

3. The combination with a uggy-body, of a shaft support comprising a rlght-angulur bracket whose horizontal member is secured to the buggy-body, a hook pivoted to the vertical member of the bracket and adapted to swing forward for engagement with a shaft cross-bar, a spring attachment comprising a spiral expansion s ring applied to the vertical member of the racket, and a hook engaging the lower end of the spring and connecting it with the short rear arm of the cross-bar hook, thus applying a constant ressure tending to throw t e book upwar as shown and described.

BRADY MURPHY PERDUE.

Witnesses:

J. M. SLoss, Gno. B. KRUPP, Jr.

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